Can this DVD R/W drive be used with a MAC?
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Yes, it works perfectly with my Mac Air, so there should be no problem for other Macs...(though I needed a port extension because the drive needs two ports)I hope I helped!
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Yes, it can. I have used it on two MacBook Pro's. One caveat is that if you have an older MacBook where each USB port is on opposite ends of the laptop, you'll either need a USB extension cable or a powered USB hub. However, I can only attest to the hub solution. I haven't tried it with an extension cable but I pretty sure that it would work.
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Yes. It's easy to setup since the drive operates independently from either Windows or Mac.
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Yes, any type DVD it will read but your PC program (many are free) does the processing as this is only a read/write drive for a PC/mac
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I just recently purchased a MacBook pro with a DVD burner. I asked at the Apple Store about the newest MacBooks and was told they no longer make them with a built in DVD burner. You have to purchase that separately and connect using the USB port.
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According to Samsung, it is completely compatible with the MAC OS http://www.samsung.com/au/consumer/pc-peripherals/optical-disc-drive/dvd-rw/SE-208AB/TSBSA-features (bottom of page)
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Yes. Just need to format it in a format thats appropriate for Windows. Like exFAT. There are some formats that will be read/write for both Mac/Window. These will be most versatile
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This drive has a lot of computability problems, I would not try it on mac, most likely it will not work.
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Yes this drive is compatible with a Mac. I plugged it in, opened up Disk Utility, formatted it (Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to be exact) and it's working just peachy. I even partitioned it, about half for backups and the other half for other stuff.
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Since I do not have a Mac Super drive, I truly do not know. Other users indicate that they should work just fine.
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As an external drive, it should work with any Mac with a thunderbolt port. I use mine to hold a couple TBs worth of photos for work in Photoshop which is loaded on main hard drive. Performs fine for that. I have never done video work, however, but I think it should be fine.
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My Mac is USB 2.0 as well and the WD HD is perfectly compatible, no problems encountered.
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dose it support regular mac book built 2008 ?and how relaiable are these drive ?
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I've only used this drive for DVDs which works fine. I don't see why it wouldn't work it looks good with my MacBook Air too. I have no issues with this drive
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Yes, this drive will work with a Mac that does not have a FireWire port if you use Apple's Thunderbolt-to-FireWire adapter.
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I wouldn't see why not, it's pretty much a plug and play device. I don't have Mac devices, so I'm not 100% sure, but again I wouldn't see why it would not work. I do use this drive a lot for military forms, all Microsoft docs, music and movies. With is 3.0 plug, it's rapidly fast.
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This is just the divice; it does not come with the software; that has to be downloaded for your specific operating system. There is more than one choice for the software, (more that one brand name). It is tricky to work correctly on a MAC for Blu-ray, but DVDs work much better. Almost all software available will play DVD an CD on this drive.Apple does not have a business interest supporting external drives like blu-ray, since most of its software, applications, entertainment, are available through iTunes. very respectfully, Curtthom@cox.net, Frankfurt, Germany
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John- I don't own a Mac Air, but regularly use my 2 yr. old iMac 21" with OS10.8.5 and burn CDs with this burner all the time with no problems. Jeff